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VICTORIA — B.C.’s premier will get an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace this week, as part of trip the United Kingdom to honour the Great Bear Rainforest that could also potentially boost provincial trade with Great Britain. Premier Christy Clark leaves today for the tour, with a reception at the palace set for Nov. 15. The Queen […]

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Queen Elizabeth II won’t travel to Canada to mark its 150th anniversary next year, the Queen’s assistant private secretary, Samantha Cohen, told reporters in London on Thursday. Cohen said that it’s difficult for the Queen to travel such a long distance at the age of 90. “That’s not to say that Canada’s 150th anniversary won’t be […]

VANCOUVER — As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured British Columbia and the Yukon over the past week, they heard impassioned speeches on reconciliation and saw protest T-shirts emblazoned with slogans opposing oil and liquefied natural gas. The focus on First Nations issues was already built into Prince William and Kate’s itinerary, with stops in […]

VICTORIA — On Saturday afternoon, little Prince George sat behind the pilot of a seaplane in Victoria Harbour, pressed his face to the window and peered out. Perhaps he wanted to have one last look at a seal that bobbed in the waters, or perhaps he just wanted to say goodbye. Sean Stewart, the Harbour Air pilot […]

His Royal Highness Prince William, and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, took a tour around Victoria harbour from Ogden Point on the tall sailing ship Pacific Grace on Saturday afternoon, the last full day of their Canadian tour.

HAIDA GWAII, B.C. — Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts opposing liquefied national gas development. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were welcomed to the Haida heritage hall by […]

VICTORIA — The two most famous royal children in the world enjoyed a lively kids party in Victoria on Thursday, revelling in a petting zoo, bubble machines and balloon animals shared by local entertainers and military families. Prince George, 3, and Princess Charlotte, 1, joined 24 local children for the party on the garden grounds of Government House. It was clearly […]

The presence of Prince George and Princess Charlotte has generated extraordinary public interest on the royal tour of British Columbia and the Yukon, but the two have remained mostly hidden from view. Now the children have appeared, and are featured with their parents on a commemorative coin released today by the Royal Canadian Mint. The […]

When the Royals visit northern B.C. Friday one of their main stops will be to tour the newly-constructed Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre in the Village of Queen Charlotte. There they will learn why the hospital, expected to open within the next two months, will be so critical to the 4,500 residents of Haida Gwaii. […]

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